Russian President Vladimir Putin is making tactical decisions that would normally fall within the competence of officers responsible for only 700 soldiers, according to Western sources.
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According to the British server The Times told a military source that Putin and Russia’s chief of staff Valery Gerasimov were determining the basic course of Russian forces in Ukraine. “We believe that Putin and Gerasimov are involved in tactical decision-making at the level we would normally expect from colonels or brigade commanders,” the source said.
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This is said to be especially the case in the Donbas process, which Russia has declared to be the main part of the front. And it was there that Russian troops suffered a crushing defeat last week. Influential Russian bloggers, for example, are beginning to point to the failure of the Russian army in Ukraine. We have addressed both topics in the article below.
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According to sources, Gerasimov’s chief of staff is still cooperating with the Kremlin chief. This is despite the fact that there have been reports that Putin deposed him. The speculation was fueled by the Moscow military parade on Victory Day, at which the general did not appear.
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According to Western sources, it is Putin’s involvement in tactical decisions that could lead to failure in Donbas, where Russian troops are failing to occupy Ukrainian cities.
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According to British The Guardian reports of Putin’s possible surveillance of the military by intelligence services. “The head of government should have better things to do than make military decisions. He should determine the political strategy, not be immersed in everyday activities, “Ben Barry, a security analyst and former brigade commander in the British Army, commented on the situation for the daily.
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This would illustrate reports of an outdated and inefficient way of leading the Russian army, where junior officers are unable to make decisions in the field and in the event of a commander’s failure, the process will stop.
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Probably for this reason, Russia is recording unusually high losses of generals on the Ukrainian battlefield. According to the Ukrainian army, at least twelve have died in the war.
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